GameSided Recap (August 19 – 25)
In an effort to keep you informed of the week’s events, each Sunday morning we gather the best of what the news had to offer, as well as provide some of our staffers’ thoughts and opinions on what’s going on within the video game industry. It’s the GameSided Recap!
Reviews
- Patrick reviewed Madden 25, highlighting improvements to gameplay, physics and the useful addition of Madden Share.
- Nick reviewed both Plants vs. Zombies 2: It’s About Time and Starborn Wanderers this week.
Previews
- Michael played the NHL 14 Demo and gave us his gameplay impressions.
- Daniel covers the new Final Fantasy X HD Remake trailer, which showcases both gameplay and soundtrack changes.
Opinion
- We counted down the Top 20 Mobile Games of All Time.
- Kristian continues ranking the Top 25 Madden players on both offense and defense with Part 6.
- The Top 3 Final Fantasy games were ranked earlier this week. (Make sure to check out the entire list)
- Part 1 of the Top 10 Most Impressive Gaming Skills Videos list came up just after last week’s GameSided Recap. Expect part 2 to be posted later today!
News
- gamescom coverage: Sony’s conference, Microsoft’s conference, EA Games’ conference, Day 1 highlights, Homefront 2 leak.
- The PlayStation 4 will launch here in North America on November 15th and in Europe on November 29th over 32 launch countries.
- Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is set to retire within the next 12 months.
- FIFA 14’s PS Vita edition will be nothing more than a roster/kit upgrade for the third straight year.
- DICE, developers of the upcoming Star Wars Battlefront 3 game, are still unsure about its endgame direction.
- Upcoming MMO WildStar will launch in 2014 with a unique pay model splitting ingame and real life money to pay for subscription time.
- NBA Live 14 announced a new Rising Star mode.
- Despite the Kinect not required to being plugged in, don’t expect a Kinect-free Xbox One bundle.
Social Media
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Editors
Daniel George: @ItsDanielGeorge
Michael Straw: @MikeStrawQCS
Nick Tylwalk: @Nick_Tylwalk
Staff Writers
Patrick Allen: @ArrowheadAddict
Kristian Cuaresma: @1on1Kris
Question Of The Week
What games are you looking forward to buying in the coming months?